Harness-saddle



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A. ORTMAYE-R.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 385,142. Patented Feb.` 2f, 1886..

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A. ORTMAYBR.

lARNESS SADDLE. No. 335,142. Patented Peb. 2, 1886.

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Ni-TED STATES PATENT EErcE.

ANDREV ORTMAYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,142, dated February2. 1886- Application filed September 15, 1885. Serial No. 177.157. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ANDREW ORTMAYER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarnessSaddles, of which the following, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figurelis avertical central longitudinal section of aharness-saddle and pad embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section inthe plane of the line @c of Fig. I, viewed in the direction indicated bythe arrow there shown. Fig. Sis a representation of one of theterret-rings, showing its relation to a metallic loop connected thereto,and also showing the relative position of the backband, and of theroller turning in the said loop. Fig. 4. is a bottom view of the saidloop. Fig. 5 isa perspective representation of the yoke ofthe tree. Fig.6 is a section in the plane of the line x x of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is acentral section from front to rear, taken through the yoke of the tree,and through the saddle and check-hook. Fig. 8 is a detail, in perspective, showing a portion of the metallic loop detached from theterret-ring.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates, principally, to harness saddles adapted for use inconnection with running or slipping baclcbands. It also relates to themeans employed for connecting pads removably to saddles of this class.

In the drawings, A represents the yoke of the tree. I make this yokelonger than such parts usually are, or extend its branches, or thoseparts which form the fork of the yoke, farther from the center thanusual. This yoke has in it a long and comparatively wide opening, a a,extending nearly the whole length of the yoke, as shown, and a a areflanges depending from the yoke along the longitudinal edges of the saidopening.

B is a metallic plate extending across the central portion of the yoke,and arranged at the lower edges of the central parts of the flanges ac', and there connecting the said flanges. This plate B is solid andcloses the lower central portion of the opening a.

C C are revolving pins or rollers turningin the ilanges a c', andarranged near the ends of the plate B.

are screw-threaded, as shown at c c.

D is a recess at the front central and upper portion of the yoke, and Fis a loop in the cen` tral rear portion of the yoke. This loop I cast,by preference, in one and the same part or piece with the yoke.

D' is a hole in the forward central portion of the yoke.

E E are the terret-rings, and b b are their spindles or stems, the lowerends of which Next above the screw threaded portion of the stems b b arecollars cc. structing theterrets, however, is not new with me.

F F are metallic loops, applied to the yoke A by means of screws orsmall bolts d d, passing through the yoke and other parts of the saddleinto nuts arranged in the pad, as will hereinafter be more fullyexplained. The under sides of these loops have therein recesses e e, andG G are nuts arranged in the said recesses. The screwthreaded portions cc pass freely through the loops F F and enter and engage these nuts,thereby connecting the terret-rings securely, but removably, to the saidloops, it being understood that the nuts G G are of such form as to beprevented from turning inthe recesses e e. It is also to be understoodthat when the loops F F are applied to the saddle the part of the saddlenext below the loops incloses the said nuts in the recesses e e, as willhereinafter more fully appear.

H H are rollers turning in the loops F F.

To apply the rollers HH with facility to the loops F F, I cast upon thelatter small nibs e e', Fig. 8, and I place the ends of the rollers H Hin the sockets or recesses thus formed, and then bend or pinch the nibse e together sufficiently to retain the said rollers in place.

I is a jockey, Vand J is the back-band.

K is the check-hook, and L is the saddleseat.

M M are skirts.

N is the pad.

The check-hook I apply by arranging its under or lower end in therecesses D, the

jockey I arrange to overlap the lower end ot" the check-hook, and thesaddle-seat I arrange, as usual, above or upon the jockey.

O is a screw or bolt passing downward through the saddle, through thejockey,

This manner of con- IOO through the lower end of the check-hook, throughthe opening D', and through the skirts, and all are bound or fastenedtogether by means of a nut, P, run upon the lower end of the said boltO. The back-band J lies freely in the channel formed bythe opening a,the anges a', and the plate B, and rests upon the rollers C C. It alsopasses underneath the rollers H H, and through slits or openings ff inthe jockey, and thence down over the skirts. By thesemeans the back-bandis allowed to have free movement, and this freedom of movement resultsmainly for the reason that it passes over the .rollers C C and under therollers H H, as already stated. The backband is also arranged to moveabove the plate Bwhich being made solid, or without openings, and notcontaining rollers, is not only comparatively strong and durable, butserves as a central brace in the yoke. The backband is also prevented bythe rollers H H from rubbing against the loops F F, and it is therebyprevented from being injured.

The skirts I make, by preference, of heavy leather made in oneand thesame piece, and of suitable length. In the central portion of the skirtsI cut a slot, g, thus making therein a slit or opening sufiicientlylarge to allow the skirts to be fitted to the yoke upon the outer sidesof the ilanges a a. The thickness of the skirts is such as to correspondto the depth of the iianges a a', and a smooth even surface is thusproduced underneaththe yoke. This smooth under surface is important, asthe parts bearing on the pad are smooth or even, and hence all liabilityof injury to the animals back by the movement of the saddle is avoided.The upper side of the yoke is also smooth or even, and when covered bythe jockey the saddle therefore has a neat and light appearance.

The skirts I attach to the yoke by means of screws, nails, bolts, orother suitable fastenings, holes h h being'made in the yoke for thatpurpose. The jockey I stitch along its edges to the edges of the skirts,as indicated at t i.

The pad is constructed as a removable and independent part. I prefer tofasten or secure the pad removably under the saddle by means of the samebolts which pass through the loops F Fand yoke A, in connection withnuts or burrs Q Q, Fig. 2, secured in the pad. All theV parts are thustightly secured together. I also provide the pad with leather loops R R,one upon each side of the pad, Fig. 1, and through these loops I slipthe skirts M M, in order to keep them down upon the pad.

By applying the checkbook in the manner described to the upper side ofthe yoke only acomparativel y small bunch or protuberanee results on theunder side of the yoke, and the be more simple, practicable, and durablethan heretofore.

I am aware that harness-saddles have heretofore been combined withslipping or sliding back-straps and anti-friction rollers to aid thefree movement of the said strap, and I do not, therefore, here intend toclaim the same, broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a harness-saddle, of the yoke A, havingthereinthe opening a, and also having depending ianges a a along thelongitudinal edges of thesaid opening or channel, and having also acenter plate, B, connecting the lower edges of the said flanges, thepins or rollers CC turning in the said yoke and arranged at the ends ofthe said plate, and a back-band passing freely through the said channeland over the said plate and rollers, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. The combination, with the yoke of aharness-saddle having a sliding orslipping backfband,y of the side loops, F F, provided with the revolvingpins or rollers H H, and adapted, substantially as described, to receivethe terrets and terret-nuts, for the purposes set forth.

3. Thecombination, in a harnesssaddle, of a pad provided with loops R R,the side loops. FF, the skirts M M, passing through the loops R R, theyoke, the jockey, the nuts Q Q, located in the said pad, and the screwsor bolts d d, passing down through the loops F F and through the jockey,yoke, and skirts into the said nuts, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihereunto affix mysignaturein pres` ence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS F. WARNER, HENRY FRANKEURTER.

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